There was a report in the New York Daily News the Pistons were taking trade calls on Rasheed Wallace . Not true, Pistons president Joe Dumars said Sunday. He said the Pistons were not trading Wallace -- period.

The Pistons continue to be up and down since acquiring Allen Iverson, who had one of his best games of the year as a Piston - scoring 20 points on 13 shots versus the Bobcats in Saturday's 90-86 win in Charlotte. The national belief is the Pistons have more interest in re-loading this summer and clearing cap space; Dumars continues to say that's the furthest from the truth.

It's hard to believe that Joe Dumars would not even entertain the thought of trading Rasheed Wallace. In fact, that would seem to contradict his stated goals of always looking to improve the Piston team. Krista Jahnke of the Detroit Free Press seems to have it right.

December 15, Detroit Free Press: The New York Daily News started a rumor on Sunday that the Pistons will accept calls on trades involving Rasheed Wallace. It implied that the likely trade partner would be the Dallas Mavericks...

Then today, HoopsWorld.com shot it down. According to that site: "Pistons' president Joe Dumars emphatically denied that he'd entertained talks on Wallace, saying he had no interest in dealing Rasheed - period."

From what Dumars has said in the past, he will always at least listen to trade talk involving his players. He's always interested in making the team better, whatever that means. So when another general manager or team president calls, he will listen. That's simple due diligence...

The original report threw out Josh Howard's name as a likely piece in any Wallace-to-the-Mavericks deal. I don't get that. Why would the Pistons need another small forward when they are already somewhat undersized? They couldn't give Wallace away and get back anything besides another big body...

So don't hold your breath. It might be fun to discuss the what-ifs, I don't think the Pistons will do any more major renovations on the trade market.